July 7, 2017

Says he is starting a “veritable revolution” From the Telegraph France will outlaw the sale of all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, its new environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, has announced. It will also ban any “new project to use petrol, gas or coal”, as well as shale oil, by that date. The radical measures were unveiled at a press conference as part

From The Pittsburgh Business Times New York-based hedge fund and a group of three activist investors on Monday announced their intent to block EQT Corp.’s merger with Rice Energy Inc. in an SEC filing. The filing, first reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, comes about a month after natural gas giant EQT (NYSE:EQT) announced a $6.7 billion plan to merge with Rice (NYSE:RICE). However, the deal

From E&E News President Trump doubled down on his sales pitch yesterday for European leaders to embrace the United States’ massive shale supplies — a message that inadvertently dovetails with some former Obama administration officials who are seeking climate action. Speaking to a crowd in Warsaw, Poland, Trump called on Eastern European leaders to buy American gas to elbow out